• OPINION

  Southern comfort?

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2024

  » Yesterday was no run-of-the-mill Thursday; rather, it was a red-letter day marking the decades-long violence plaguing the three southernmost provinces.

• OPINION

  Solutions, not excuses

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2022

  » Thai households have been hit hard by sharp price increases for goods, food and energy. Unsurprisingly, such compounded economic malaise has prompted people to ask the government to help them cope.

• OPINION

  Save civilians in Ukraine

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/03/2022

  » As the international community tries to bring the Ukraine conflict to an early end, there are reports accusing Russia of using cluster and vacuum bombs, weapons condemned by international organisations, during its invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour.

• OPINION

  Public key to cleaner air

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/04/2021

  » The decision by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to ditch two clean air bills this week came at an ill-opportune time. In the northern region, firefighters are still battling against forest fires which have been blamed for toxic smog and a surge in local health complaints.

• OPINION

  Fighting the wrong war

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2020

  » The fury, and desperation, reflected by people's criticism of the army's arms procurement plan in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak should be taken into account, not suppressed or politicised.

• OPINION

  Shift focus to economy

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2019

  » Against the backdrop of a deteriorating economy, Thailand has over the past four months seen a series of mass layoffs along with closures of businesses. With industry experts and observers predicting a higher unemployment rate for next year, the worst is probably yet to come. But the government does not seem to be prepared for it.

• OPINION

  Nuke walkout not a disaster

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2019

  » United States President Donald Trump won a lot of praise for walking out of the negotiations with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un, last week. Prior to the two-day summit, there was speculation that both leaders were looking to make a deal. Hopes for such a deal have been dashed, at least for now, after Mr Trump refused to give in to Mr Kim's demand to move forward.

• OPINION

  Momentum for peace

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2019

  » The cast is assembling in Hanoi for a performance probably worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump-Kim Summit II isn't likely to produce anything resembling nuclear disarmament. But the personal diplomacy of the US president and North Korea's leader has indisputably removed the threat of the most terrible kind of warfare from Northeast Asia and the entire region.

• OPINION

  Good start at nuke summit

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/06/2018

  » It's a long road from a handshake to peace with nuclear disarmament. That said, the first meeting ever between a sitting US president and the leader of North Korea Tuesday seemed the best first step possible on that road. Neither Donald Trump nor Kim Jong-un has been kidding during the month-long lead-up to their summit. This meeting alone makes war in the region unlikely. The mood between the two men and their advisers spoke well for a peaceful future.

• OPINION

  A summit to prevent war

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/05/2018

  » It is taking feverish preparations to bring about the June 12 Singapore summit between the two most extroverted world political leaders. Presumably, US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un are back on schedule for their meeting. It is necessary to say "presumably" because this summit has gone from impossibility to certainty, then from unlikely to cancelled, and now "back on schedule". Two weeks out, the summit offers some promise of being the most important such meeting of our age.

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